The road
Paris to Amsterdam by car
511 km, about 4 h 48 on the fastest road, through France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Fuel from about €80 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €27 in tolls on the way.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-09-30. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
Distance
511 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
4 h 48
without stops
Countries
3
France, Belgium and the Netherlands
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇷 France · 287 km
- 🇧🇪 Belgium · 87 km
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 137 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 533 km, about 5 h.
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-09-20 prices of the EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, per country crossed. Tolls are an estimate from published per-kilometre tariffs plus the crossings on this road. Beds and food are not here: they depend on how you travel.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €80 | €27 | €107 | 36 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €81 | €27 | €108 | 33 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €156 | €45 | €201 | 64 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.22 · diesel €2.38 /l
- 🇧🇪 petrol €1.99 · diesel €2.39 /l
- 🇳🇱 petrol €2.45 · diesel €2.58 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €27 for a car over 287 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🚫 Paris: ZFE — Crit'Air vignette — By Crit'Air class; older diesel restricted, weekday limits.
- 🚫 Antwerp: LEZ (register/day-pass) — Older diesel/petrol; foreign plates must register.
- 🚫 Amsterdam: Milieuzone — Older diesel cars/vans and pre-Euro-VI diesel campers/trucks.
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇧🇪 Belgium — Sunday opening is common but short, and many shops close one other day a week too.
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands — Many supermarkets open Sundays, but often only from noon.
Where to sleep beside the road
245 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Gerstekot · campsite · km 320, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Camperpark Vogelzang Antwerpen · camper site · km 346, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ De Beekhoek · campsite · km 400, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ De Hannebroeck · campsite · km 411, 0.5 km off the road
- ⛺ Camperlocatie Oosteind · camper site · km 415, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping de la rue · campsite · km 435, 0.4 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Ancien manoir de Miraville · castle · km 25, 8 km off the road
The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: , City Hall) is a municipal building in Sarcelles, Val-d'Oise in the northern suburbs of Paris, standing on Rue de la Résistance. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Château de Compiègne · castle · km 82, 9.8 km off the road
The Château de Compiègne is a French château, a former royal residence built for Louis XV and later restored by Napoleon. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Historial de la Grande Guerre · museum · km 139, 5.6 km off the road
The Museum of the Great War (French: Historial de la Grande Guerre), located near the heart of the World War I Somme battlefields, is housed within the Château de Péronne, a castle in the town of Péronne, France. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Le Silo · memorial · km 199, 6.5 km off the road
The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst mining accident, caused the death of 1,099 miners in Northern France on 10 March 1906. This disaster was surpassed only by the Benxihu Colliery accident in China on 26 April 1942, which killed 1,549 miners. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Briek Schotte · monument · km 259, 4 km off the road
Alberic "Briek" Schotte (7 September 1919 – 4 April 2004) was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, one of the champions of the 1940s and 1950s. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ MoMu · museum · km 344, 2.4 km off the road
MoMu (Mode Museum) is the fashion museum of the City of Antwerp, Belgium and collects, conserves, studies and exhibits the largest collection of historical and contemporary designer fashion in Belgium, and holds the largest collection of Belgian fashion in the world. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Bloemencorso · attraction · km 388, 4.7 km off the road
Bloemencorso Zundert is the largest flower parade in the world. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Lunet aan de Snel · fort · km 458, 3.8 km off the road
What this road is for
Counted within 10 km of the road between the two ends, from OpenStreetMap — the places a passion would stop for.
- 986 castles — Fort de Nogent (km 15), Restes du château d'Happlaincourt (km 133), Kasteel Verhaeghe (km 257), Maxburg (km 383)
- 495 swim spots — Naaktstrand Galderse Meren (km 396)
- 257 viewpoints — Beffroi (km 177), Plateforme d observation (km 214), Bliksemschicht (km 395), Spanjaardsgat (km 407)
- 168 farm shops
- 132 wineries
- 108 golf — Golf de Rosny-sous-Bois (km 15), Golf départemental (km 20), Golf de Thumeries (km 208), Royal Latem Golf Club (km 281)
On this road
Trips that end in Amsterdam
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.